NEW DELHI: Heena Sidhu and Anu Raj Singh won the 31st gold for India in the 19th Commonwealth Games by winning the 10 m air pistol pairs women's event.
This is India's 14th gold medal from shooting.
Samresh Jung and Chandrashekhar Kumar Choudhary won silver in Pairs 25m Standard Pistol Men.
Tejaswani Sawant also won a silver in Singles 50m Rifle Prone.
India's medal winners on Tuesday
| Gold (1) | Silver (2) | Bronze (0) |
| Heena Sidhu, Anu Raj Singh (women's 10 m air pistol pairs) | Samresh Jung, Chandrashekhar Kumar Choudhary (Pairs 25m Standard Pistol Men) |
| Tejaswani Sawant (Singles 50m Rifle Prone) |
Later in the day, more medals of the yellow hue are awaited by the hosts at the shooting range, where four-gold hero Gagan Narang would be striving to draw level with 2006 Games hero Samaresh Jung and become the new "Gold Finger".
Narang, who had a two-day break after clinching his fourth title at the Dr Karni Singh range, will be gunning for the men's 50m rifle prone pairs event with Hariom Singh.
World champion Tejaswini Sawant is also competing in the women's 50m rifle prone individual event.
Indian shuttlers, led by Saina Nehwal, and paddlers, spearheaded by Achanta Sharath Kamal, too would be in the thick of action along with squash players Spirav Ghosal and Joshna Chinnappa in the mixed doubles quarters.
The men's and women's relay squad are to run in the finals of the athletics event. Also in action would be triple jumpers Renjith Maheswary and Amarjeet Singh, along with javelin throwing men's trio of Kashinath Naik, S amarjeet Singh and Rajender Singh.
Lalita Babar and Jhuma Khatun would be running in the energy-sapping women's 5000m.
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